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John Abbott becomes Canada's third Prime Minister.
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The first purpose-built roller coaster, LaMarcus Adna Thompson's "Switchback Railway", opens in New York's Coney Island amusement...
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The Victoria Hall theatre panic in Sunderland, England kills 183 children.
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The University Tests Act allows students to enter the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge and Durham without religious tests (excep...
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Abraham Lincoln delivers his House Divided speech in Springfield, Illinois.
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The Papal conclave of 1846 concludes. Pope Pius IX is elected Pope beginning the longest reign in the history of the papacy.
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The formation of the London Working Men's Association gives rise to the Chartist Movement.
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Lord Byron reads Fantasmagoriana to his four house guests at the Villa Diodati, Percy Shelley, Mary Shelley, Claire Clairmont, an...
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Battle of Ligny and Battle of Quatre Bras, two days before the Battle of Waterloo.
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